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Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1954
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Jackson County Votes
By Olive Starcher
Millions of Americans voted Tuesday in the 1954 gen
eral election, and today The Medford Mail Tribune presents
a pictorial story of the election process.
At 7:45 a.m. the election board for Precinct 55 (upper
left) was sworn in at Medford Senior High school by Mrs.
Clarence R. Schmidt, whose coworkers (left to right) were
Mrs. Ward Lampkin, Mrs. Leroy Fleming, Mrs. John Pond and
Mrs. Frank Roelandt. The board at Precinct 34 is shown.(upper
right) at the City Hall during a lull about 3 p.m. Board mem
bers were (left to right) Mrs. Lloyd Bennett, Mrs. Florence Gil
kison, Mrs. Dale Flowers, Mrs. Mary Merrifield and Mrs.
Clarence Pankey. Mrs. Rosella Theesfeld (background) came .in
to look at a sample ballot. ,
About 4 p.m. the board for Precinct 40 at the courthouse
was having a rush and three of the voters were (above, left
to right) Mrs. Anita B la is, Mrs. Edith Garrett and Mrs. Elaine
Grivas.
Long before the polls closed at 8 p.m. counting boards
in many of the large precincts were hard at work. Pictured
(above, right) is the counting board for Precinct 58 at the
Werner home, 1 840 Stewart avenue, and compised of (left
to right) Mrs. Lyle Heidemann, Mrs. Leo Young, Mrs. J. R.
Wells, Mrs. W. G. Werner Jr., and Mrs. W. G. Werner. This
board expected to finish soon after midnight some boards
worked much later.' ; '
As "soon as the polls closed The Mail Tribune began
gathering and tabulating returns, with 31 employees of the
newspaper and ' of Radio Station KYJC working.. Ashland
and Rogue River figures were gathered with the coopera
tion of the Daily Tidings and Rogue River Times. Several
adding machines were in use and Miss Alta Lindsey (at left)
of the Tribune staff was one of those who worked through
out the night tabulating figures.
' The totals were recorded on tabulation boards rigged
up by Manager Jerry Latham and. one board is shown (at
right) with Richard Keener of the circulation department
starting to change the figures. ,
Next step in the process was broadcasting the news to .
the waiting public and working at this were (below right,
left to right) City Editor Eric Allen Jr., KYJC Manager James
Dunlevy and Tom MacLeod of the station. ...
-'The scene (below lef) is the way the Tribune office look
ed; during the. early .part "of. Tuesday evening when early,
returns began to come in. (Brainerd photos)
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